Dictionary

look back en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of look-back.
   alt of look-back

Forms

look back en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. To think of (past events) in retrospect (in hindsight).
   • United were made to pay for letting an eight-point lead as little as five weeks ago slip and, despite their final-day efforts, they will look back on a season where, when they needed to step up, they fell flat. 2012 May 13, Alistair Magowan, “Sunderland 0-1 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport:
   • I can't tell you what you're feelin' inside / And I can't sell you what you don't want to buy / Something's missing, you got to look back on your life / You know something here just ain't right 1985, Brian Allen, Sheron Alton, Jim Vallance, “What About Love”, in Heart, performed by Heart:
   • When I look back at my summer holidays as a child, I smile.
   • Near-synonyms: recollect, recall, remember
   • For Crossrail 2, people on this project a few years ago hoped they would move directly on to that. "Obviously, politics and money haven't come together in the same way as they did for Crossrail 1, but I've said to the team that if you look back at everything from HS1 and the Channel Tunnel, these things always happen... but the question is timing. […] "The Jubilee Line is another one. It seems very unlikely, with these transformational things, that people will look back in a few decades' time and think we shouldn't have built it. 2023 February 8, Paul Stephen with Howard Smith, “Elizabeth Line: "It's not job done yet"”, in RAIL, number 976, page 35:
2. (intransitive) To reconsider or regret.
   • You do what you have to do, and don't look back.
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see look, back.
   • Don't look back in anger, I heard you say 1996, Oasis, “Don't Look Back in Anger”, in (What's the Story) Morning Glory?:

Forms

Coordinates

think again · think twice

Relateds

look-back

Synonyms

review · recall · hark back · remember · reminisce · recollect · think back

Translations (55)

eo retrorigardi (look behind oneself) · hu visszanéz (look behind oneself) · is líta aftur (look behind oneself) · is líta við (look behind oneself) · fr regarder derrière soi (look behind oneself) · pl obejrzeć się za siebie (look behind oneself) · la reminīscor (reminisce about the past) · ru огляну́ться (look behind oneself) · ru огля́дываться (reminisce about the past) · ja 振り返る (look behind oneself) · es ver hacia atrás (look behind oneself) · de zurückblicken (look behind oneself) · is líta um öxl (reminisce about the past) · tl lingon (look behind oneself) · hu visszatekint (reminisce about the past) · de nach hinten schauen (look behind oneself) · nl omzien (reminisce about the past) · ar اِسْتَدَارَ (look behind oneself) · bg поглеждам назад (look behind oneself) · ru огля́дываться (look behind oneself) · la respecto (look behind oneself) · la respicio (look behind oneself) · fr se remémorer (reminisce about the past) · hu hátranéz (look behind oneself) · cmn 回頭看 /回头看 (look behind oneself) · hu visszanéz (reminisce about the past) · es volver la cabeza (look behind oneself) · ko 돌아보다 (look behind oneself) · pl wspomnieć (reminisce about the past) · nl achterom kijken (look behind oneself) · es volverse hacia atrás (look behind oneself) · de nach hinten blicken (look behind oneself) · fi muistella (reminisce about the past) · fi katsoa taakseen (look behind oneself) · de zurückschauen (reminisce about the past) · es recordar (reminisce about the past) · da se tilbage på (reminisce about the past) · ar اِلْتَفَتَ (look behind oneself) · es mirar hacia atrás (look behind oneself) · bg спомням си (reminisce about the past) · de zurückblicken (reminisce about the past) · de umdrehen (look behind oneself) · da kigge tilbage (look behind oneself) · da se tilbage (look behind oneself) · is líta aftur (reminisce about the past) · cmn 回顧 /回顾 (reminisce about the past) · es acordarse (reminisce about the past) · nl achterom kijken (reminisce about the past) · ru огляну́ться (reminisce about the past) · pl wspominać (reminisce about the past) · de zurückschauen (look behind oneself) · es volver la cabeza (reminisce about the past) · nl terugkijken (reminisce about the past) · pl oglądać się za siebie (look behind oneself) · su soréang (look behind oneself)